Slow and steady, Mr. Pickles. A tortoise in Texas has become a first-time dad at 90 years old, the Houston Zoo announced last week. Mr. Pickles is a radiated tortoise who is the oldest animal at ...

Mr. and Mrs. Pickles have been an item since her arrival to the zoo in 1996. It was only by chance that a herpetology keeper at the zoo saw Mrs. Pickles laying her eggs one recent day at closing time.

A 90-year-old radiated tortoise named Mr. Pickles, native to Madagascar but residing at the Houston Zoo for the past 36 years, is now reportedly a first-time dad with his partner Mrs. Pickles; the ...

WHO: Mr. and Mrs. Pickles, two radiated tortoises at the Houston Zoo. WHAT: They are the proud parents of three new hatchlings: Dill, Gherkin, and Jalepeño Pickles. WHY IT’S SO GREAT: Well ...

The oldest animal at the Houston Zoo, a radiated tortoise born nearly a century ago, is finally a father. The zoo announced last week that Mr. Pickles and Mrs. Pickles welcomed three tortoise ...

Though it took him nearly a century, the 90-year-old radiated tortoise known as Mr. Pickles is finally a dad. The Houston Zoo announced on Thursday that he and his partner, 53-year-old Mrs. Pickles, ...